America: Land of the Free. Well, maybe that should be Land of Speed. Here are ten of our fastest cars, from record-setting streamliners to street-legal customs.

10.) Tom Bailey's 1969 Camaro

How Fast? 217 mph

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The crown of the fastest street-legal dragster went to this '69 Camaro at Drag Week this year, averaging a 6.7 second quarter at 213 mph, but topping out at 217. Think it's the fastest car to ever tow a trailer?

8.) SCC Ultimate Aero

How Fast? 256.18 mph

This record was set over a 12-mile-long stretch of Highway 93 in Elko County, Nevada. No fancy high-speed test tracks for this ugly, brute, speed machine. The upcoming SCC Tuatara should be even faster. And prettier.

Suggested By: Jay_Hoff, Photo Credit: SSC

7.) Hennessey Venom GT

How Fast? 265.7 mph

Argue all you want about its resemblance to a Lotus, this car is as American as a Shelby Cobra. And for a little while it was the fastest car you could buy.

3.) Vesco Turbinator

2.) The Blue Flame

The Blue Flame set that record for the mile back in 1970 and held it for 13 years, until the British Thrust2 broke it.

Suggested By: Chairman Kaga

1.) The Spirit of America Formula Shell LSRV

How Fast? 676 MPH

The Spirit of America didn't set any records when it set that top speed back in 1997, because it was trounced by the 750 mph British Thrust SSC. That doesn't stop the Spirit of America being the US of A's fastest car.

Also, a year earlier in 1996, the Spirit of Americacrashed at 675 mph, which has got to be some kind of record at least.

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